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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CLEAR WATER BAY, KOWLOON, HONG KONG
TEL: (852-******** FAX: (852-******** EMAIL: *******@***.**
E DUCATION
Ph. D. in Business Administration (Finance), Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2007.
Dissertation: Resolving Agency Conflicts in the presence of Information Asymmetries
Committee: Albert Pete Kyle (co-chair), Simon Gervais (co-chair), David A. Hsieh, Adriano Rampini, Curtis
R. Taylor
M. A. in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
B. A. in Chemistry, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
E MPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007 present.
R ESEARCH INTERESTS
Financial contracting theory in corporations; the money management industry (mutual funds and hedge funds);
venture capital; internal capital market; market microstructure.
R ESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Working Papers
Brokerage Commissions, Perquisites, and Delegated Portfolio Management
Critical Knowledge: Exploitation, Protection, and Economic Welfare
Institutional Trading: Decision Making and Employee Compensation (with S. Gervais and A. S. Kyle)
Research in Progress
Commission bundling and hedge fund compensation
Fund families and in-house brokerage firms
Information gathering: organization and incentives (with S. Gervais)
Mutual fund advertisement under competition (with H. G. Kang)
Endogenous information production and internal capital market structure (with H. G. Kang)
Research Assistant
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2003 2006.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, 1997 2001.
T EACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
Investment Analysis, MBA, HKUST, 2008.
Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Undergraduate, HKUST, 2008.
Teaching Assistant
Corporate Finance, MBA, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2005 2007.
Corporate Finance, Weekend MBA, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 2006.
Mathematics in Engineering I and II, Undergraduate, Princeton University, 1998 2001.
A WARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
Academic
James B. Duke Graduate Fellowship, 2002 2007.
Fuqua School of Business Fellowship, 2002 2007.
Princeton University Graduate Scholarship, 1996 2002.
Phi Beta Kappa, 1996.
P ROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Committee service
MBA and MSc Program committee, HKUST, 2007 present
Member of the
American Finance Association
American Economic Association
Financial Management Association
M ISCELLANEOUS SKILLS
Computer
Working knowledge of MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, C/C++, and SAS
Languages
Chinese Mandarin (native)
Excellent oral and written English
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